The column densities of molecular gas across cosmic time: bridging observations and simulations

Observations of the cosmic evolution of different gas phases across time indicate a marked increase in the molecular gas mass density towards z ∼ 2-3. Such a transformation implies an accompanied change in the global distribution of molecular hydrogen column densities ($N_{\rm {H_2}}$). Using observ...

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Hauptverfasser: Szakacs, Roland (VerfasserIn) , Péroux, Céline (VerfasserIn) , Zwaan, Martin A (VerfasserIn) , Nelson, Dylan (VerfasserIn) , Schinnerer, Eva (VerfasserIn) , Lahén, Natalia (VerfasserIn) , Weng, Simon (VerfasserIn) , Fresco, Alejandra Y (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022 February 24
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 512, Heft: 4, Pages: 4736-4751
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stac510
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Verfasserangaben:Roland Szakacs, Céline Péroux, Martin A Zwaan, Dylan Nelson, Eva Schinnerer, Natalia Lahén, Simon Weng and Alejandra Y. Fresco

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